Monday, 27 February 2017

Saraki has 4 million unique clicks every month on facebook

Dr. Abubakar Bukola
Saraki, Nigerian
senate president has average monthly unique clicks of 4 million for the plenary
live feeds on facebook and other social media platforms.

Christopher Cox, thechief
product officer for facebook gave the commendation at an event in Lagos, south-west
Nigeria.

Cox was delivering a
keynote address at the opening of the annual Social Media Week held at the
Landmark Centre in Lagos.

According to a video posted
on facebook, Mr Cox said that the utilisation of facebook by the Office of the
Senate president was very commendable.

He said that the
activities of the 8th Senate had been opened up through the use
of social media especially with the live video streaming at plenary.

Reacting to the
commendation from Facebook, the Senate Prsident’s Office expressed delight
saying that the comment was a welcome endorsement.

In a statement issued
in Abuja by Bamikole Omishore, special assistant, new media the president of
the Senate he said the commendation was an encouragement.

“This commendation
reinforces one of the core mandates of the Senate President to the New Media
unit, which is to bridge the gap between the Senate and Nigerians.

“The Nigerian Senate facebook
live streaming has an average view of four million unique clicks monthly for
the plenary live feeds.

“We will be expanding
coverage to courtesy calls, committee hearings and oversights in the next few
months,” he said.

“We are encouraged to
do more with this commendation and wish to kindly reiterate and assure our
friends, from the online community and beyond, of the commitment of the Senate
President towards ensuring that the 8th National Assembly continues to witness
improved transparency and accountability on government functions and people
participation,” he said.

Omishore reminded
Nigerians that Saraki was very committed to social media use adding that in
2016 he had led a delegation of senators to attend the opening of the Social
media week.